Pragovka Gallery invites you to the group exhibition LITTLE JOHN (14 April 2023 - 29 June 2023, Pragovka Gallery). The opening will take place on Thursday 13 April at 6 pm.

Exhibiting artists: Barbara Benish, Polina Davydenko, Dominik Gajarský, Terike Haapoja and Laura Gustafsson, Anna Hulačová, Zdena Kolečková, Denisa Langrová, Diana Lelonek, Magdalena Manderlová, Hana Nováková and Vladimíra Večeřová

guest: Oscar Salguero

The exhibition entitled Little John refers to a significant artistic achievement in the history of art in the second half of the 20th century. The work I Like America and America Likes Me by the iconic German artist Joseph Beuys is used by the exhibition as the phenomenological essence of the spirit that permeates it. This 1974 performance by the artist, who, upon arriving in America, wraps himself in felt, gets transported by a local rescue service, and locks himself in a cage for a few days in a room with a live wild coyote named Little John, was not only a symbol of the creation of a certain non-hierarchical relationship between two living entities, but more importantly a tribute to the wild animal that is emblematic of the Native American population.

With this social sculpture, Beuys was pointing out social psychological wounds. He was not interested in America. He found the hard capitalist machine uninspiring. Beuys was not only interested in animals, but also in plants and natural science as such. 

As Beuys himself said, "My whole life has been advertising, but someday somebody ought to be interested in what I've been promoting." The exhibition features international artists who refer to points of contact where we can find different perspectives on animals and their relationship with us. Sometimes dramatically and sometimes poetically, they blend symbiotic relationships with scientific, ethical, activist or artistic thinking. 

Curator: Tea Záchová

On April 13, the gallery will open three more exhibitions:

Marek Kvetan - FYZICKÁ NEMOŽNOST TICHA V NEPOKOJI MYSLI (Physical Impossibility of Silence in the Independence of Thought) (14 April 2023 - 11 May 2023, Pragovka Gallery Entry)

Adéla Kostkanová, Lucie Kultová and Veronika Nemejovská - ODPOVÍM TI ZÍTRA (I'll Answer You Tomorrow) (14 April 2023 - 11 May 2023, The White Room)

Michal Kříž ÚZKOST BRANKÁŘE PŘI PENALTĚ (The Anxiety of a Banker at Penalty) (14 April 2023 - 11 May 2023, Pragovka Gallery Pop-Up)

From 14 April 2023 the gallery is open with new opening hours from Tuesday to Friday between 2 and 8 pm and on weekends between 12 and 6 pm.

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Pragovka Gallery is located on the ground floor of the 2nd Pragovka Bay. The building is 15 minutes from the centre. Metro B - Kolbenova, tram - Poštovská.
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The project is financially supported by the Ministry of Culture of the Czech Republic, the City of Prague, Prague 9.
Partner of the project is Mount Capital.
Media partners are ArtRevue, Radio Praha, Radio 1, Artmap, Against Grey, GoOut.cz, Místní kultura, Jlbjlt.cz, Artalk.cz, Kdykde.cz, Citybee.cz.
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